James Clayton Dobson Jr.(born April 21, 1936; Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family, which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesmen for conservative social positions in American public life. Although never an ordained minister, he was called "the nation's most influential evangelical leader" by The New York Times while Slate portrayed him as a successor to evangelical leaders Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. As part of his former role in the organization he produced the daily radio program Focus on the Family, which the organization has said was broadcast in more than a dozen languages and on over 7,000 stations worldwide, and reportedly heard daily by more than 220 million people in 164 countries. Focus on the Family was also carried by about sixty U.S. television stations daily. In 2010 he launched the radio broadcast Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson.
At 88, James Dobson still warning of doom if a Democrat is elected president
In 2024, the James Dobson Family Institute, the nonprofit Dobson founded after leaving Focus on the Family in 2010, has issued dire warnings against both of this year’s Democratic presidential candidates. A June “Open Letter to President Joe Biden” by 88-year-old Dobson and two co-authors excoriated the president and then-candidate for reelection: “You and your most dedicated allies in Congress regularly demonize and dehumanize anyone who holds Judeo-Christian or conservative values, as well as anyone who dares to resist your agenda to deconstruct the morals, laws and freedoms that have sustained our great Republic.” Elizabeth Neumann, an author and former counterterrorism official in George W. Bush’s administration, wrote about the radicalization of her fellow evangelicals in her book, Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace. (Baptist News Global 6/7/24) READ MORE>>>>>
In 2024, the James Dobson Family Institute, the nonprofit Dobson founded after leaving Focus on the Family in 2010, has issued dire warnings against both of this year’s Democratic presidential candidates. A June “Open Letter to President Joe Biden” by 88-year-old Dobson and two co-authors excoriated the president and then-candidate for reelection: “You and your most dedicated allies in Congress regularly demonize and dehumanize anyone who holds Judeo-Christian or conservative values, as well as anyone who dares to resist your agenda to deconstruct the morals, laws and freedoms that have sustained our great Republic.” Elizabeth Neumann, an author and former counterterrorism official in George W. Bush’s administration, wrote about the radicalization of her fellow evangelicals in her book, Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace. (Baptist News Global 6/7/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Evangelical John Thune wants to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader
John Thune, the evangelical Christian elected to the U.S. Senate 20 years ago from South Dakota with the help of James Dobson, announced he wants to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader after McConnell retires later this year. McConnell showed Americans how influential the Senate GOP leader can be, using his power to promote obstruction rather than legislation and reshaping the Supreme Court by refusing to consider one of President Barack Obama’s nominees but moving to advance all of Trump’s nominees.
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John Thune, the evangelical Christian elected to the U.S. Senate 20 years ago from South Dakota with the help of James Dobson, announced he wants to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader after McConnell retires later this year. McConnell showed Americans how influential the Senate GOP leader can be, using his power to promote obstruction rather than legislation and reshaping the Supreme Court by refusing to consider one of President Barack Obama’s nominees but moving to advance all of Trump’s nominees.
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Don’t marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If you can’t live with someone who drinks or someone who isn’t a Christian or someone who isn’t clean, then don’t marry that kind of person. The chances for miraculous improvements or changes in behavior are slim. What you see is what you get!”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
April 6, 2023:
Tim Dickinson writing for Rolling Stone noted that Trump has painted his legal woes in a frame of religious persecution. After his 34 count indictment Trump’s longtime religious adviser Paula White Cain, working with an evangelical group called Intercessors for America, organized an “Emergency Prayer Call” for Trump. He argued that believers in “our beautiful Christianity” have been targeted: “We’re being discriminated against as a religion. We’re being discriminated against as a faith,” he insisted. “And we can’t let that continue.” Laying it on even thicker, Trump declared: “The main thing that our country needs, again, is religion.” He insisted: “I’m fighting, very hard for people of religion, people that believe in God.” Finally, Trump implored his listeners: “I want you to pray really hard, because we have to have a victory in 2024.”
Paula White Cain then moved the call along, asking other prominent guests to make public prayers for the ex-president, who remained on the line. The speakers included Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Christian Nationalist worship leader Sean Feucht, former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker, and former congress member Michele Bachmann. Feucht used his time to summon “prayer warriors” to “rise up” on Trump’s behalf. He then prayed directly to heaven: “We know that you got a plan God… You can take what the enemy meant for evil in this horrible, corrupt, disgusting, demonic situation with this case in New York [and] you can shift it — and turn it around for our good.” there are some name and groups in there that I once considered honorable. Trump, however, permanently taints anything everyone he touches. He is spiritually and politically toxic.
Tim Dickinson writing for Rolling Stone noted that Trump has painted his legal woes in a frame of religious persecution. After his 34 count indictment Trump’s longtime religious adviser Paula White Cain, working with an evangelical group called Intercessors for America, organized an “Emergency Prayer Call” for Trump. He argued that believers in “our beautiful Christianity” have been targeted: “We’re being discriminated against as a religion. We’re being discriminated against as a faith,” he insisted. “And we can’t let that continue.” Laying it on even thicker, Trump declared: “The main thing that our country needs, again, is religion.” He insisted: “I’m fighting, very hard for people of religion, people that believe in God.” Finally, Trump implored his listeners: “I want you to pray really hard, because we have to have a victory in 2024.”
Paula White Cain then moved the call along, asking other prominent guests to make public prayers for the ex-president, who remained on the line. The speakers included Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Christian Nationalist worship leader Sean Feucht, former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker, and former congress member Michele Bachmann. Feucht used his time to summon “prayer warriors” to “rise up” on Trump’s behalf. He then prayed directly to heaven: “We know that you got a plan God… You can take what the enemy meant for evil in this horrible, corrupt, disgusting, demonic situation with this case in New York [and] you can shift it — and turn it around for our good.” there are some name and groups in there that I once considered honorable. Trump, however, permanently taints anything everyone he touches. He is spiritually and politically toxic.
“Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
Jan 27, 2023: Politico: ‘There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming’
Another defining feature of the New Religious Right was an intense focus on “family values” — and in particular on a certain vision of sexual purity — embodied by groups like James Dobson’s Focus on the Family. You write very movingly in the book about how purity culture influenced your own upbringing, but could you explain how the movement’s intense focus on individual purity also contributed to its political radicalism?
Another defining feature of the New Religious Right was an intense focus on “family values” — and in particular on a certain vision of sexual purity — embodied by groups like James Dobson’s Focus on the Family. You write very movingly in the book about how purity culture influenced your own upbringing, but could you explain how the movement’s intense focus on individual purity also contributed to its political radicalism?
The Religious Right and the Abortion Myth
When Francis Schaeffer, the intellectual godfather of the Religious Right, tried to enlist Billy Graham in his antiabortion crusade in the late 1970s, Graham, the most famous evangelical of the 20th century, turned him down. Even James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family who later became an implacable foe of abortion, acknowledged in 1973 that the Bible was silent on the matter and therefore it was plausible for an evangelical to believe that “a developing embryo or fetus was not regarded as a full human being.”
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When Francis Schaeffer, the intellectual godfather of the Religious Right, tried to enlist Billy Graham in his antiabortion crusade in the late 1970s, Graham, the most famous evangelical of the 20th century, turned him down. Even James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family who later became an implacable foe of abortion, acknowledged in 1973 that the Bible was silent on the matter and therefore it was plausible for an evangelical to believe that “a developing embryo or fetus was not regarded as a full human being.”
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Christian psychologist and cultural commentator James Dobson is calling for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating in a newsletter: “Some murderous tyrants need to be ‘taken out’ to save innocent lives. That, at least, is my view.”
Writing to supporters of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute based in Colorado Springs, Dobson addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and quoted Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who stated in a March 3 tweet referring to Putin: “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out.” -Josh Shepherd; Roys Report 3.22.22
Writing to supporters of Dr. James Dobson Family Institute based in Colorado Springs, Dobson addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and quoted Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who stated in a March 3 tweet referring to Putin: “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out.” -Josh Shepherd; Roys Report 3.22.22
Oct 11, 2021: American Reporter: Impacting the World through Books: Introducing Byron Williamson
In 1988 Worthy Publishing was sold to Word, Inc., a CapCities/ABC company, now part of The Walt Disney Company. Currently located in Las Colinas, Texas, Williamson moved into the leadership of Word, managing the growth of Word Books from $19 million to $72 million by fiscal 1999. First, he recruited a team that successfully published such authors as Billy Graham, Max Lucado, Charles R. Swindoll, Nolan Ryan, Os Guinness, Dr. James C. Dobson, Charles Colson, and the MacArthur Study Bible, as well as completing the Communicator’s Commentary series and the Word Biblical Commentaries series. Progressing further, in December 1992, Word was acquired by Thomas Nelson, located in Nashville, TN. Soon after that, Nelson was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and Williamson was named President of Thomas Nelson and Word. The new management team drove sales from $128 to $173 million by fiscal 1999. Then, step by step, he converted WordKids into Tommy Nelson children’s books and recruited Jack Countryman to launch J. Countryman gift books.
In 1988 Worthy Publishing was sold to Word, Inc., a CapCities/ABC company, now part of The Walt Disney Company. Currently located in Las Colinas, Texas, Williamson moved into the leadership of Word, managing the growth of Word Books from $19 million to $72 million by fiscal 1999. First, he recruited a team that successfully published such authors as Billy Graham, Max Lucado, Charles R. Swindoll, Nolan Ryan, Os Guinness, Dr. James C. Dobson, Charles Colson, and the MacArthur Study Bible, as well as completing the Communicator’s Commentary series and the Word Biblical Commentaries series. Progressing further, in December 1992, Word was acquired by Thomas Nelson, located in Nashville, TN. Soon after that, Nelson was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and Williamson was named President of Thomas Nelson and Word. The new management team drove sales from $128 to $173 million by fiscal 1999. Then, step by step, he converted WordKids into Tommy Nelson children’s books and recruited Jack Countryman to launch J. Countryman gift books.
Aug 16, 2021: Sabetha Herald: American Heritage Girls: Families with daughters invited to Family Fun Night
AHG has received an endorsement from Dr. James Dobson, child psychologist and author. In his book, Bringing Up Girls, Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said, “I recommend American Heritage Girls enthusiastically to parents who want their daughters involved in a traditional Christian-based program that will reinforce what they are trying to teach at home.”
Mar 5, 2018: Vox: The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump
Mitchell runs swiftly through the first two options, citing both a condemnation of Trump and an endorsement by Focus on the Family’s James Dobson. But it’s the third option — that God himself has chosen Trump to be president — that Mitchell focuses on.
Evangelical thinker Lance Wallnau then gives Mitchell his take: Trump is a “modern-day Cyrus,” an ancient Persian king chosen by God to “navigate in chaos.
AHG has received an endorsement from Dr. James Dobson, child psychologist and author. In his book, Bringing Up Girls, Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said, “I recommend American Heritage Girls enthusiastically to parents who want their daughters involved in a traditional Christian-based program that will reinforce what they are trying to teach at home.”
Mar 5, 2018: Vox: The biblical story the Christian right uses to defend Trump
Mitchell runs swiftly through the first two options, citing both a condemnation of Trump and an endorsement by Focus on the Family’s James Dobson. But it’s the third option — that God himself has chosen Trump to be president — that Mitchell focuses on.
Evangelical thinker Lance Wallnau then gives Mitchell his take: Trump is a “modern-day Cyrus,” an ancient Persian king chosen by God to “navigate in chaos.
Jan 16, 2017: Christian Post: James Dobson: Top 3 Reasons Evangelicals Backed Trump Over Clinton
Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson has claimed that there are three main reasons why President-elect Donald Trump was chosen by evangelical Christians over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November's elections, arguing that the fight against abortion was deemed the most important issue by believers.
Nov 1, 2016: WND: James Dobson warns: U.S. at 'point of no return'
The United States is at the “point of no return” on issues of faith and morality, and the common statement that a particular election is the most important of a lifetime finally is absolutely true in 2016, according to prominent evangelical Christian leader Dr. James Dobson.
Aug 24, 2016: Warren Throckmorten: What’s Wrong with a Protest Vote?
James Dobson, who is this year supporting Donald Trump, voted for Howard Phillips instead of the GOP nominee Bob Dole in 1996. This year various Christian leaders want all Christians to fall in line behind Donald Trump.
Dec 17, 2015: Washington Esxaminer: James Dobson endorses Ted Cruz
James Dobson, founder of the influential Christian group Focus on the Family, endorsed Ted Cruz for president on Thursday. Dobson is a prominent evangelical activist and author.
Apr 8, 2015: Right Wing Watch: James Dobson: Gay Marriage Will Lead To Civil War
James Dobson, the founder of the Religious Right behemoth Focus on the Family, warned in a recent conference call with fellow anti-gay activists that a Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality could lead to a full-blown civil war.
Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson has claimed that there are three main reasons why President-elect Donald Trump was chosen by evangelical Christians over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November's elections, arguing that the fight against abortion was deemed the most important issue by believers.
Nov 1, 2016: WND: James Dobson warns: U.S. at 'point of no return'
The United States is at the “point of no return” on issues of faith and morality, and the common statement that a particular election is the most important of a lifetime finally is absolutely true in 2016, according to prominent evangelical Christian leader Dr. James Dobson.
Aug 24, 2016: Warren Throckmorten: What’s Wrong with a Protest Vote?
James Dobson, who is this year supporting Donald Trump, voted for Howard Phillips instead of the GOP nominee Bob Dole in 1996. This year various Christian leaders want all Christians to fall in line behind Donald Trump.
Dec 17, 2015: Washington Esxaminer: James Dobson endorses Ted Cruz
James Dobson, founder of the influential Christian group Focus on the Family, endorsed Ted Cruz for president on Thursday. Dobson is a prominent evangelical activist and author.
Apr 8, 2015: Right Wing Watch: James Dobson: Gay Marriage Will Lead To Civil War
James Dobson, the founder of the Religious Right behemoth Focus on the Family, warned in a recent conference call with fellow anti-gay activists that a Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality could lead to a full-blown civil war.
Jan 9, 2015: James Dobson: One Place: Is Average Good Enough?
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Oct 29, 2014: Towleroad: Anti-Gay Wingnut James Dobson Fears Same-Sex Marriage Will Cause U.S. To Slide Into 'Sodom And Gomorrah' Territory
James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and generally unpleasant individual (see that time he linked gay marriage to the Sandy Hook school shooting), has taken to the pages of his October newsletter to warn Americans that they are sliding toward irreversible damnation.
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Oct 29, 2014: Towleroad: Anti-Gay Wingnut James Dobson Fears Same-Sex Marriage Will Cause U.S. To Slide Into 'Sodom And Gomorrah' Territory
James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and generally unpleasant individual (see that time he linked gay marriage to the Sandy Hook school shooting), has taken to the pages of his October newsletter to warn Americans that they are sliding toward irreversible damnation.
Sept 15, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Dobson: Gay Marriage Could Cause 'The Entire Superstructure Of Culture' To Collapse
James Dobson recently sat down with Billy Hallowell, the Faith and culture editor at Glenn Beck's "The Blaze" website, to discuss Dobson's most recent book, "Your Legacy: The Greatest Gift."
Aug 1, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Ben Carson: LGBT-Affirming Pastors Put Their Finger In The Eye Of God
Conservative activist and potential GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson joined James Dobson on Family Talk Radio yesterday, where the two got to talking about LGBT-affirming pastors.
July 30, 2014: Friendly Atheist: James Dobson Explains Various Sex Acts to an Audience of Horrified Christians
Want to see conservative Christian leader James Dobson (circa 1980-something) talking about pornography, bestiality, glory holes, phone sex, and Prince jacking off his guitar?
June 6, 2014: Military Religious Freedom Foundation: WND – Dobson Calls Obama the “Anti-Religious Freedom President”
Selected Article Excerpt:James Dobson, one of America’s most-loved Christian personalities, founder of Family Talk Radio, a courtroom opponent of Obamacare and, most recently, the National Day of Prayer speaker who called Barack Obama the “abortion president,” is doubling down.
May 2, 2014: Life News: Democrat Walks Out of Prayer Event After James Dobson Calls Obama “The Abortion President”
Obama asked God to bless the Planned Parenthood abortion business and celebrated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which has resulted in the deaths of 57 million unborn children. It’s no shock that a pro-life advocate like James Dobson would refer to him as The Abortion President.
James Dobson recently sat down with Billy Hallowell, the Faith and culture editor at Glenn Beck's "The Blaze" website, to discuss Dobson's most recent book, "Your Legacy: The Greatest Gift."
Aug 1, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Ben Carson: LGBT-Affirming Pastors Put Their Finger In The Eye Of God
Conservative activist and potential GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson joined James Dobson on Family Talk Radio yesterday, where the two got to talking about LGBT-affirming pastors.
July 30, 2014: Friendly Atheist: James Dobson Explains Various Sex Acts to an Audience of Horrified Christians
Want to see conservative Christian leader James Dobson (circa 1980-something) talking about pornography, bestiality, glory holes, phone sex, and Prince jacking off his guitar?
June 6, 2014: Military Religious Freedom Foundation: WND – Dobson Calls Obama the “Anti-Religious Freedom President”
Selected Article Excerpt:James Dobson, one of America’s most-loved Christian personalities, founder of Family Talk Radio, a courtroom opponent of Obamacare and, most recently, the National Day of Prayer speaker who called Barack Obama the “abortion president,” is doubling down.
May 2, 2014: Life News: Democrat Walks Out of Prayer Event After James Dobson Calls Obama “The Abortion President”
Obama asked God to bless the Planned Parenthood abortion business and celebrated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which has resulted in the deaths of 57 million unborn children. It’s no shock that a pro-life advocate like James Dobson would refer to him as The Abortion President.
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May 2, 2014: Little Green Footballs: James Dobson Calls Obama ‘Abortion President’ at Allegedly ‘Non-Partisan’ Prayer Day Event
If anyone was still unconvinced prior to yesterday that the National Day of Prayer (NDP) is little more than a fundamentalist Christian political rally, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson’s rant on Capitol Hill should have erased any doubts. |
President Obama, before he was elected, made it very clear that he wanted to be the abortion president,” Dobson fulminated. “He didn’t make any bones about it. This is something that he really was going to promote and support, and he has done that, and in a sense he is the abortion president.” |
Jan 17, 2005: NPR: Colorado Springs a Mecca for Evangelical Christians
Colorado Springs also was becoming home to an increasing number of religious organizations, groups with a religious purpose that aren't churches. The largest such group is Focus on the Family, headed by James Dobson.
His multimedia ministry includes radio, television, film and video, magazines and books. Dobson's ministry centers on his, now daily, radio program, where he gives advice on family issues -- and more recently on politics.
In a broadcast shortly after the November election, Dobson expressed how grateful he was that Mr. Bush was re-elected and he criticized Democrats and the media. But Dobson also issued a pointed warning to the Republican Party.
"If they get disinterested in the values of the people who put them in office as they have done in the past, if that happens again, I believe the Republican Party will pay an enormous price in four years and maybe two," Dobson said.
Colorado Springs also was becoming home to an increasing number of religious organizations, groups with a religious purpose that aren't churches. The largest such group is Focus on the Family, headed by James Dobson.
His multimedia ministry includes radio, television, film and video, magazines and books. Dobson's ministry centers on his, now daily, radio program, where he gives advice on family issues -- and more recently on politics.
In a broadcast shortly after the November election, Dobson expressed how grateful he was that Mr. Bush was re-elected and he criticized Democrats and the media. But Dobson also issued a pointed warning to the Republican Party.
"If they get disinterested in the values of the people who put them in office as they have done in the past, if that happens again, I believe the Republican Party will pay an enormous price in four years and maybe two," Dobson said.
August 26, 1960: Dobson married Shirley Deere.
Jan 24, 1989: Dobson interviewed serial killer Ted Bundy on-camera the day before Bundy's execution. Bundy claimed in the interview (in a reversal of his previous stance) that violent pornography played a significant role in molding and crystallizing his fantasies.
November 2004: Dobson was described by the online magazine Slate as "America's most influential evangelical leader." The article stated "Forget Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who in their dotage have marginalized themselves with gaffes ... Dobson is now America's most influential evangelical leader, with a following reportedly greater than that of either Falwell or Robertson at his peak ... Dobson may have delivered Bush his victories in Ohio and Florida." Further, "He's already leveraging his new power. When a thank-you call came from the White House, Dobson issued the staffer a blunt warning that Bush "needs to be more aggressive" about pressing the religious right's anti-abortion, anti-gay rights agenda, or it would "pay a price in four years"
May 2005: An article by Chris Hedges in Harper's Magazine described Dobson as "perhaps the most powerful figure in the Dominionist movement" and "a crucial player in getting out the Christian vote for George W. Bush.
June 13, 2007: The National Right to Life Committee ousted Colorado Right to Life after the latter ran a full-page ad criticizing Dobson.
February 2008: After releasing a statement in the wake of Senator John McCain's expected success in the so-called "Super Tuesday" Republican primary elections. In his statement, Dobson said: "I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, as a matter of conscience," and indicated that he would refrain from voting altogether if McCain were to become the Republican candidate, echoing other conservative commentators' concerns about the Senator's conservatism. He endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.
June 24, 2008: Dobson criticized statements made by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in Obama's 2006 "Call to Renewal" address. Dobson stated that Obama was "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view."
October 23, 2008: Dobson published a "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America" that proposed that an Obama presidency could lead to: mandated homosexual teachings across all schools; the banning of firearms in entire states; the end of the Boy Scouts, home schooling, Christian school groups, Christian adoption agencies, and talk radio; pornography on prime-time and daytime television; mandatory bonuses for gay soldiers; terrorist attacks across America; the nuclear bombing of Tel Aviv; the conquering of most of Eastern Europe by Russia; the end of health care for Americans over 80; out-of-control gasoline prices; and complete economic disaster in the United States, among other catastrophes
June 24, 2008: Dobson criticized statements made by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in Obama's 2006 "Call to Renewal" address. Dobson stated that Obama was "distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view."
October 23, 2008: Dobson published a "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America" that proposed that an Obama presidency could lead to: mandated homosexual teachings across all schools; the banning of firearms in entire states; the end of the Boy Scouts, home schooling, Christian school groups, Christian adoption agencies, and talk radio; pornography on prime-time and daytime television; mandatory bonuses for gay soldiers; terrorist attacks across America; the nuclear bombing of Tel Aviv; the conquering of most of Eastern Europe by Russia; the end of health care for Americans over 80; out-of-control gasoline prices; and complete economic disaster in the United States, among other catastrophes
November 2009: Dobson signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.
May 30, 2010: Dobson delivered the pre-race invocation at the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 automobile race, raising criticism about his association with a sport associated with sponsors and activities which would not meet his definition of family-friendly.
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ON THE RECORD: May 1, 2014: Rep. Janice Hahn, D-Calif., walked out during James Dobson’s address he was giving on behalf of the National Day of Prayer last week. She told the Huffington Post that she was upset because it was supposed to be “a nonpartisan day of unity” and said Dobson “behaved inappropriately by going after the president.” “He goes on about health care and … providing abortions, and at that point I stood up and I pointed my finger at Dr. Dobson and I said, ‘This is inappropriate!’ and walked out,” Hahn told the Huffington Post.
"It was very disturbing to me … and really a shame. James Dobson hijacked the National Day of Prayer – this nonpartisan, nonpolitical National Day of Prayer – to promote his own distorted political agenda,” she said. Hahn apparently has not been schooled on what the issues are concerning abortion and, hence, considers abortion a political issue, instead of the moral and ethical issue that it really is. Granted, the issue is ping ponged back and forth in political congressional badminton, but what is at stake in the issue is not politics...but the life of a child.
Maybe Hahn had her own political agenda by walking out and giving her some press time to complain and further her own pro-abortion advocacy...which, if she is consistent, has to view that it is only a political issue and, hence, cannot cite any "women's rights" sentiment. After all, abortion is just a political issue.. Comments can be made here: The Issue at the Heart of Abortion Is not a Political One
"It was very disturbing to me … and really a shame. James Dobson hijacked the National Day of Prayer – this nonpartisan, nonpolitical National Day of Prayer – to promote his own distorted political agenda,” she said. Hahn apparently has not been schooled on what the issues are concerning abortion and, hence, considers abortion a political issue, instead of the moral and ethical issue that it really is. Granted, the issue is ping ponged back and forth in political congressional badminton, but what is at stake in the issue is not politics...but the life of a child.
Maybe Hahn had her own political agenda by walking out and giving her some press time to complain and further her own pro-abortion advocacy...which, if she is consistent, has to view that it is only a political issue and, hence, cannot cite any "women's rights" sentiment. After all, abortion is just a political issue.. Comments can be made here: The Issue at the Heart of Abortion Is not a Political One
October 22, 2012: James Dobson sent the following letter:
Dear friends,
The 2008 election was closer than anybody expected, but Barack Obama won. Many Christians voted for him, as they didn’t think he would really follow through on the far-left policies that had marked his career. They were wrong.
In his first week in office, Obama fired all ninety-three U.S. attorneys, replacing them with his own appointments, recruiting the most active members of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Justice Department soon began to file criminal and civil charges against nearly every Bush Administration official who had any involvement with the Iraq War. Dozens of Bush officials, from the Cabinet level on down, are in jail, and most of them also have been bankrupted by legal costs.
The next month, when Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens announced they would step down from the Supreme Court, President Obama nominated two far-left, ACLU-oriented judges, and the Democratic Senate quickly confirmed them. They are brilliant, articulate, and in their early forties, so they can expect to stay on the court for thirty years. The court retained its 4–4 split, with Justice Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote, but the decisive changes started in June 2009, when Justice Kennedy resigned. The four conservative justices who remained were suddenly in the minority. Then, in August, Justice Scalia unexpectedly resigned because of health problems, and another Obama appointment joined the court. Finally, the far left had the highest prize: complete control of the Supreme Court. And they quickly set about to enact their entire agenda.
The most far-reaching transformation of American society came from the Supreme Court’s stunning affirmation, in early 2010, that laws barring same-sex “marriage” violated the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. President Obama repeated his declaration that personally he was against same-sex “marriage,” but he told the nation there was nothing he could do. Several previous Supreme Court decisions were reversed rather quickly. The Boy Scouts chose to disband rather than be forced to obey a Supreme Court decision that they would have to hire homosexual Scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys.
President Obama invited homosexual-rights leaders from around the United States to join him at the White House as he signed an executive order directing all branches of the military to abandon their “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and start actively recruiting homosexuals. As a result, homosexuals are now given special bonuses for enlisting.
The Supreme Court nullified all Federal Communications Commission restrictions on obscene radio and television broadcasts. As a result, television programs at all hours of the day contain explicit portrayals of sex acts.
The Supreme Court declared that home schooling was a violation of state educational requirements except in cases where the parents agreed not to teach their children that homosexual conduct is wrong or that Jesus is the only way to God, since these ideas have been found to hinder students’ social adjustment. Thousands of homeschooling parents, seeing no alternative in the United States, have begun to emigrate to other countries, particularly Australia and New Zealand.
n his role as commander in chief, President Obama began the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, completing it by April 2010. In May, Al Qaeda operatives from Syria and Iran poured in. Hundreds of thousands of “American sympathizers” have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The number put to death may soon reach the millions. Since 2009, terrorist bombs have exploded in four U.S. cities, killing hundreds. President Obama has vowed “to pursue and arrest and prosecute those responsible,” but no arrests have been made. He has, however, increased foreign aid to the poorer nations that are the breeding grounds for terrorism. In early 2009, Russia sent troops to occupy Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. President Obama appealed to the United Nations, but Russia sits on the Security Council, and no action has yet been taken. Then Russia occupied Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
In mid-2010, Iran launched a nuclear bomb that exploded in the middle of Tel Aviv, destroying much of the city. President Obama said he abhorred what Iran had done and hoped the United Nations would unanimously condemn this crime against humanity. He also declared that the United States would be part of any international peacekeeping force if authorized by the United Nations, but Muslim member nations have so far prevented any action.
The new Congress under President Obama passed a nationalized “single provider” health-care system. Because medical resources must be rationed carefully by the government, people older than eighty have essentially no access to hospitals or surgical procedures. Their “duty” is thought to be to go home to die so that they don’t drain scarce resources from the medical system. Euthanasia is becoming more and more common.
Through the actions of the Federal Communications Commission and Congress, Democrats were largely able to silence the strongest source of conservative opposition: talk radio. By the summer of 2009, the five-member FCC was controlled by Democratic appointees— including a chairman appointed by President Obama. The FCC quickly implemented the Fairness Doctrine, which requires radio stations to provide “equal time” for alternative views on political issues. As a result, every conservative
talk show is followed by an instant rebuttal to the program by a liberal “watchdog” group. Many listeners gave up in frustration, advertising (and donation) revenues dropped dramatically, and nearly all conservative stations have gone out of business or switched to other formats such as country or gospel music. Legal scholars predicted the Fairness Doctrine would be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but the liberal Obama court upheld it.
Many brave Christian men and women tried to resist these laws, and some Christian legal agencies tried to defend them, but they couldn’t resist the power of a 6–3 liberal majority on the Supreme Court. It seems many of the bravest went to jail or were driven to bankruptcy, and the reputations of many of them have been destroyed by a relentless press and the endless repetition of false accusations. Our freedoms have been systematically taken away. We are no longer “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” because many of “the brave” are in jail.
Personally, I don’t know how we are going to get through tomorrow, for these are difficult times. But my faith in the Lord remains strong. I still believe God is sovereign over all history, and though I don’t know why He has allowed these events, it is still His purpose that will ultimately be accomplished.
Sincerely,
A Christian from 2012
Dear friends,
The 2008 election was closer than anybody expected, but Barack Obama won. Many Christians voted for him, as they didn’t think he would really follow through on the far-left policies that had marked his career. They were wrong.
In his first week in office, Obama fired all ninety-three U.S. attorneys, replacing them with his own appointments, recruiting the most active members of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Justice Department soon began to file criminal and civil charges against nearly every Bush Administration official who had any involvement with the Iraq War. Dozens of Bush officials, from the Cabinet level on down, are in jail, and most of them also have been bankrupted by legal costs.
The next month, when Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens announced they would step down from the Supreme Court, President Obama nominated two far-left, ACLU-oriented judges, and the Democratic Senate quickly confirmed them. They are brilliant, articulate, and in their early forties, so they can expect to stay on the court for thirty years. The court retained its 4–4 split, with Justice Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote, but the decisive changes started in June 2009, when Justice Kennedy resigned. The four conservative justices who remained were suddenly in the minority. Then, in August, Justice Scalia unexpectedly resigned because of health problems, and another Obama appointment joined the court. Finally, the far left had the highest prize: complete control of the Supreme Court. And they quickly set about to enact their entire agenda.
The most far-reaching transformation of American society came from the Supreme Court’s stunning affirmation, in early 2010, that laws barring same-sex “marriage” violated the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. President Obama repeated his declaration that personally he was against same-sex “marriage,” but he told the nation there was nothing he could do. Several previous Supreme Court decisions were reversed rather quickly. The Boy Scouts chose to disband rather than be forced to obey a Supreme Court decision that they would have to hire homosexual Scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys.
President Obama invited homosexual-rights leaders from around the United States to join him at the White House as he signed an executive order directing all branches of the military to abandon their “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and start actively recruiting homosexuals. As a result, homosexuals are now given special bonuses for enlisting.
The Supreme Court nullified all Federal Communications Commission restrictions on obscene radio and television broadcasts. As a result, television programs at all hours of the day contain explicit portrayals of sex acts.
The Supreme Court declared that home schooling was a violation of state educational requirements except in cases where the parents agreed not to teach their children that homosexual conduct is wrong or that Jesus is the only way to God, since these ideas have been found to hinder students’ social adjustment. Thousands of homeschooling parents, seeing no alternative in the United States, have begun to emigrate to other countries, particularly Australia and New Zealand.
n his role as commander in chief, President Obama began the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, completing it by April 2010. In May, Al Qaeda operatives from Syria and Iran poured in. Hundreds of thousands of “American sympathizers” have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed. The number put to death may soon reach the millions. Since 2009, terrorist bombs have exploded in four U.S. cities, killing hundreds. President Obama has vowed “to pursue and arrest and prosecute those responsible,” but no arrests have been made. He has, however, increased foreign aid to the poorer nations that are the breeding grounds for terrorism. In early 2009, Russia sent troops to occupy Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. President Obama appealed to the United Nations, but Russia sits on the Security Council, and no action has yet been taken. Then Russia occupied Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
In mid-2010, Iran launched a nuclear bomb that exploded in the middle of Tel Aviv, destroying much of the city. President Obama said he abhorred what Iran had done and hoped the United Nations would unanimously condemn this crime against humanity. He also declared that the United States would be part of any international peacekeeping force if authorized by the United Nations, but Muslim member nations have so far prevented any action.
The new Congress under President Obama passed a nationalized “single provider” health-care system. Because medical resources must be rationed carefully by the government, people older than eighty have essentially no access to hospitals or surgical procedures. Their “duty” is thought to be to go home to die so that they don’t drain scarce resources from the medical system. Euthanasia is becoming more and more common.
Through the actions of the Federal Communications Commission and Congress, Democrats were largely able to silence the strongest source of conservative opposition: talk radio. By the summer of 2009, the five-member FCC was controlled by Democratic appointees— including a chairman appointed by President Obama. The FCC quickly implemented the Fairness Doctrine, which requires radio stations to provide “equal time” for alternative views on political issues. As a result, every conservative
talk show is followed by an instant rebuttal to the program by a liberal “watchdog” group. Many listeners gave up in frustration, advertising (and donation) revenues dropped dramatically, and nearly all conservative stations have gone out of business or switched to other formats such as country or gospel music. Legal scholars predicted the Fairness Doctrine would be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but the liberal Obama court upheld it.
Many brave Christian men and women tried to resist these laws, and some Christian legal agencies tried to defend them, but they couldn’t resist the power of a 6–3 liberal majority on the Supreme Court. It seems many of the bravest went to jail or were driven to bankruptcy, and the reputations of many of them have been destroyed by a relentless press and the endless repetition of false accusations. Our freedoms have been systematically taken away. We are no longer “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” because many of “the brave” are in jail.
Personally, I don’t know how we are going to get through tomorrow, for these are difficult times. But my faith in the Lord remains strong. I still believe God is sovereign over all history, and though I don’t know why He has allowed these events, it is still His purpose that will ultimately be accomplished.
Sincerely,
A Christian from 2012